Nafe (Kwamera)

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Wahe Martial

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Wahe Martial

v/a

Speaker: Wahe Martial

adj.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

adv., adj.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[hasi] n.

Speaker: Jean Eskar

v tuer le cochon

(Bislama) mi kilim pig

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj.

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: The bark of this tree has a strong smell, and people macerate it and use it to bath. It is said to perfume the body, particularly after hard work. People use it to cover all of their body. A piece of the bark can be put with a person’s clothing to add a nice smell.

Scientific name: Cryptocarya turbinata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Break endocarp with knife and eat it. Children eat young green seeds. mature endocarp cleaned and used to play marbles. Split stem and use for floor of house. Leaf used to wrap cassava for roasting in ground oven or dried on fire. Young seedlings pulled up and meritsem eaten as food (Nanimen) palm heart of young tree.

Scientific name: Veitchia spiralis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Epinephelus chlorostigma via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cephalopholis spiloparaea via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Diagramma pictum via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n.

Example: 1. The fruits are chewed for their juice and the remainder spit out. Locals refer to this as drinking the fruit. 2. The wood of the tree can be used as a post or rafter in either western-style or traditional style homes. 3. When in flower it is considered an appropriate time to clear a garden path for planting. When in fruit, it is time to plant yams in one’s garden.

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Monotaxis grandoculis via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwani̤ni̤] n.

Example: The entire plant is pulled up, the stems bound together and used to make a local broom.

Scientific name: Sida, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n.

Example: Stem to build house posts. Can be used to make pipe. Ripe fruits, remove nut and eat food.

Scientific name: Ochrosia elliptica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n mon cerveau

Speaker: Martial wahe

n.

Speaker: Jean Eskar

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus schlegeli via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sargocentron tiereoides via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sargocentron tiere via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Use with Euodia (MJB 5031; Nisei) when a young girl gets her period to reduce the odor. Put this plant under the skirt. When planting yam, dig the hole, and burn the leaves of this with coconut. Put this flaming concoction into the hole and cover it with soil. Then place the yam in. This will help kill any pathogen, like a virus, that will harm the yam.

Scientific name: Pittosporum campbellii, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nakua tanna]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n cratère lunaire

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n mon cuir chevelu

Speaker: Martial wahe

n.

Example: Planted for shade near a village or near houses. Shade tree.

Scientific name: Acacia simplex, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n.

Example: This plant is used to welcome people by weaving the leaves and flowers into a head lei, locally known as a Kuanari. If there are no flowers, people weave the leaves and use these to welcome visitors. This species is becoming an invasive in the area.

Scientific name: Hedychium coronarium, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Eaten ripe

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nasasa] n.

Example: The bark of this tree is used to make a kastom strap, particularly worn in the Toka Dance, where people have different ranks, and the kastom belt of this bark shows a person’s rank.

Scientific name: Ficus cf. tinctoria, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[naswajoʊ] n.

Scientific name: Ficus, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Example: Used to prepare all types of food

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n.

Example: 1. The fruits are considered a special delicacy for men of Tanna island. Further information withheld.

Scientific name: Pometia pinnata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Dysoxylum mole, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Fruits edible when ripe. The stem is used for timber and sawn timber. Flowers attract fruit bats. Hunters, knowing this, hunt the bats at night.

Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: see more on Youtube

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: When young boys are circumcized, the leaf is mashed and rubbed on the skin of the boys who are sleeping in the nakamal--and mix with coconut oil to help hold it on the body. Said to help the person have better, smoother skin.

Scientific name: Murraya, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[nisej] n.

Example: This plant is used as a fiber; dry the leaves in the sun, and use them to make a grass skirt or other type of dress. Person in photo with this fiber on his arm is Narau Nasiv.

Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n.

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Cyathea, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Scrape inner bark (handful) and mix it with MJB 5157 in 1 liter water squeeze in bottle, drink 1 cup 2x daily for mother who is not producing enough milk for baby. Birds eat fruits -- all types like it (flying fox) also.

Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Example: To treat Dengue Fever, take the leaves, stems flowers and roots, e.g. the whole plant, and squeeze the juice from it, enough to produce 1 cup of liquid. Boil down that liquid until it has color and drinke the whole cup 2 times daily for 3-4 days. This is said to help get rid of pain from the illness.

Scientific name: Cassia occidentalis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nurap] n.

Example: Fuel: Dried wood of this plant is used as firewood. Not: This plant is considered the mountain form. There is another form, Nowaripen, found near the sea.

Scientific name: Ixora aneityensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n.

Example: This plant is used by dogs who have an upset stomach. They go to eat this grass and then their stomachs feel better. Pigs feed on this grass.

Scientific name: Eleusine indica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Children collect young leaves to decorate their exercise books in school. If a person does not want to get too drunk on kava, they will chew 3 leaves before drinking, and spit out remains while swallowing the juice. This plant has the power to reduce effects of Kava.

Scientific name: Adiantum diaphanum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable

Scientific name: Barringtonia edulis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Pterocaesio tile via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Lesley Clements / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Pterocaesio marri via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

Example: Photo by flecksy / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Zizina labradus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

[peha]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus forsteni via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

[pinerew]

Example: Sub-adult Red-bellied Fruit Dove. Photo by Papier K / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Ptilinopus greyii, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

lancer le cailloux.

(Bislama) sakem stone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n ma main droite

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

Example: via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Hexabranchus sanguineus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sphyraena obtusata via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Pterocaesio tile via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[tuprapwej] n.

Example: The wood of this tree makes good house posts and is also used as firewood

Scientific name: Claoxylon, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n.

Example: The vine is used for rope. Collect a length of vine appropriate for the task, heat it over a fire, peel the outer "skin" off and use the rest of the vine, fresh, to tie the poles and rafters used to make a traditional house.

Scientific name: Cayratia trifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Moolgarda seheli via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe